MH-271 Zoon van snooK - (Falling From) The Nutty Tree(Falling from) The Nutty Tree, the debut long player from enigmatic Bristolian Zoon van snooK, playfully treads a fine line between the ostensibly gleeful and affably sinister echelons of the Oddtronica spectrum. Chopped, clipped and pulverised beats, tacit vocal samples, found sound and curious field recordings provide the rhythmical backdrop to an accompanying plethora of plucked, chimed and slapped instrumophones. Jazz-flecked piano chords, bucolic melodies of layered ukuleles and accordions, combined with the throb of glitched-out synth lines create an infectious journey through Zoon’s left-of-centre electrickery. With nods to the likes of Four Tet, Boards of Canada and Múm, (Falling from) The Nutty Tree is a warm, humorous and hook-laden sonic collage of Kitchen-sink eccentronica.

Tracklist

01. Shall He? Shanty

02. Cuckoo

03. Lomograph

04. The Cross I'd Bear

05. The Two Knives (Cuckoo's Reprise)

06. Half Term (8:08)

07. Sculptress

08. Ee'm Yorn

09. Pearl St Mess

10. Plainsong

11. Le Fin

Release Details

Release Date: 12/07/2010

Running Time: 44:42

Download/Available/$7.00

CD/Available/$10.00

LOSSLESS/Available/$10.00

Territory: World

Reviews Summary

Journey through the experimental sounds of a mad scientist and lose yourself within layers of acoustic and glitched out electronic synths thrown into a roaring explosion of beats and vocal compositions. Alec takes audible cues from influences such as Four Tet, Boards of Canada and Múm and the end result is a sonic collage of epic proportions. - Deftune

Bristolian electronic maverick zoon van snook brings a wonderfully diverse sound on his début album, having decamped from Brighton's Cookshop label to join the ace mush label in the states. What makes this record so damned charming is Snook's deployment of fragments of found sound which skitter effortlessly around the songs; sometimes rhythmically, sometimes melodically. There's chiming xylophones and the odd accordion wheeze, along with all manner of plucked instruments chopped and manipulated to within an inch of their life, however if this all sounds a little too nice and pretty, fear not!Balancing the light are some more serious and sinister moments, with tracks such as `cuckoo' throwing in arpeggiated bass lines and heavy drums underpinning unsettling chord changes. This is a great record that falls somewhere between the playfulness of Mum and Tunng; and the sound manipulations and melodics of Boards of Canada and Four Tet - eccentric Oddtronica brimming with invention and wit! - Resident Music